Features

Beyond the racist hyphen
Over the past 20 years the term Asian-Australian has evolved. But whether it acknowledges identity or builds a ghetto is…

How theatre can help prevent violence against women
Australia is experiencing an 'epidemic of violence against women'. Can the arts help turn the tide?

Imagining the future of Indigenous performing arts
More First Nations arts workers, decolonising performance modes, and addressing the Intervention were among the topics floated at a recent…

A new plan to make Adelaide Contemporary
Art Gallery of South Australia Director, Nick Mitzevich, has a vision for a $260 million contemporary art museum that will…

10 podcasts to boost your creative career
From photography to experimental music, there is a podcast for every discipline.

How to start a magazine
Founding editor of Hot Chicks with Big Brains Bri Lee shares her insights into publishing a magazine for the first…

You've got (art) mail
Stop bemoaning the loss of elegant letter writing. There are ways to make art out of email and text messages.

The arts could revive our still-born national identity
We need the arts if Australian identity is to be anything more than pallid myths of self sacrifice and chest-thumping…

The art of death in an age of denial
Artists have always painted skulls and confronted mortality but now such work is more important than ever.

'I had no idea that art could be a career'
Growing up in the suburbs, many students don't even know there are options to develop their artistic talents and passions.